Newcastle held to third straight away draw

BOURNEMOUTH: Newcastle United were held to a 0-0 draw at Bournemouth in the Premier League on Sunday in a dull game of few chances as the visitors remain winless on the road.

Although Newcastle kept a third straight clean sheet on the road, it was also a third consecutive goalless draw that left Eddie Howe’s side 13th in the standings with six points while Bournemouth moved provisionally up to third on 10.

Howe made several changes to his lineup in search of his first league win against his former side, but despite a lively start from both teams, the first half lost momentum with injury stoppages and ended with few clear chances.

Newcastle had a penalty appeal waved away when Nick Woltemade had his shirt tugged, and Justin Kluivert nearly won it for Bournemouth with a free kick in added time, only for Nick Pope make a fine save.

Elsewhere, in Italian football, Lorenzo Pellegrini fired Roma to victory in the derby with Lazio on Sunday, the former captain coming in from the cold with the only goal in a 1-0 win at a boisterous Stadio Olimpico.

Roman-born Pellegrini lost the captaincy of his boyhood club and was placed on the transfer list over the summer, but he was decisive against Lazio in his first appearance of the season and put Roma fourth in Serie A on nine points.

Ahead of kick-off fans unfurled a banner which read “welcome back, captain” for Pellegrini who also had to have surgery for an injury to his right thigh in May.

“I never doubted their affection for me and I have a lot of love for them too,” said Pellegrini to DAZN.

“The one constant is that I love Roma, and as long as I’m here there will never be a day in which I won’t give everything for the shirt.

“I don’t know what will happen in the future